seka
Chichewa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
-seka (infinitive kuséka)
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From French sec and Italian secco, both from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Indo-European cognates include Welsh sych, Russian сухо́й (suxój), Lithuanian sausas, Hindi सूखा (sūkhā).
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Adjective edit
seka (accusative singular sekan, plural sekaj, accusative plural sekajn)
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Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese seca (“drying”), secar (“to dry”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō, from siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-. Doublet of seko.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sèka (base-imperative seka, active menyeka, ordinary passive diseka)
- infinitive, imperative and colloquial of menyeka (“to wipe”)
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Balinese ᬲᭂᬓᬵ (seka), ᬲᭂᬓᬳ (sekaha, “villagers' club, society”), from Old Javanese sakhā (“friend”), from Sanskrit सखा (sakhā), सखि (sakhi, “friend”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sêka (first-person possessive sekaku, second-person possessive sekamu, third-person possessive sekanya)
Further reading edit
- “seka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Karao edit
Noun edit
seka
- fuzzy-haired caterpillar (with either red or black hairs)
Kituba edit
Verb edit
seka
- to laugh
Luba-Kasai edit
Verb edit
seka
- to laugh
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną.
Verb edit
seka
- to seek
Inflection edit
infinitive | sēka | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | sēke | sēkde |
2nd person singular | sēkest, sēkst | sēkdest |
3rd person singular | sēketh, sēkth | sēkde |
plural | sēkath | sēkden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | sēke | sēkde |
plural | sēke, sēken | sēkde, sēkden |
imperative | present | |
singular | sēke | |
plural | sēkath | |
participle | present | past |
sēkande | esēked, sēked |
Descendants edit
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Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
seka m
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | seko | sekā |
Accusative (second) | sekaṃ | seke |
Instrumental (third) | sekena | sekehi or sekebhi |
Dative (fourth) | sekassa or sekāya or sekatthaṃ | sekānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | sekasmā or sekamhā or sekā | sekehi or sekebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | sekassa | sekānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | sekasmiṃ or sekamhi or seke | sekesu |
Vocative (calling) | seka | sekā |
References edit
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 472.
Phuthi edit
Verb edit
-séka
- to cut
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Verb edit
-seka (infinitive guseka, perfective -setse)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From sèstra (“sister”) + -ka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
séka f (Cyrillic spelling се́ка)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: seca (regional)
References edit
- “seka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Shona edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Verb edit
-seka (infinitive kuseka)
- laugh (at)
Tumbuka edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-cèka.
Verb edit
-seka (infinitive kuseka)
Xhosa edit
Verb edit
-seka?
- (transitive) to establish
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.